The Genre Explorers discussion

Here's a list of genres and subgenres for your orientation and to help figure out what genre to nominate.

It's been put together from various internetsides, so... yeah... probably not 100% complete or correct - which means that any help pointing out missing genres or genres that aren't really genres is greatly appreciated ;)

As the 'Rules and Info' post states, the following genres will NOT be read here so that as many people as possible will feel comfortable: Paranormal/Horror, Erotica, Urban Fantasy and vampire/zombie/werewolf fiction. Religious/Spiritual will not be read either as discussions on that quickly turn away from the piece of literature and to the religion/belief instead.

LITERARY GENRES AND SUBGENRES

Absurdist (Existentialism)

Adventure
- Robinsonade

Autobiographical Fiction

Children's Literature
- Written by Children
- Chapter's

Chivalric Romance
- Arthurian Legends
- Non-Arthurian

Comedy/Humour
- Comedy of Manners
- Humorous
- Parody
- Satire

Coming of Age

Epic

Experimental

Fairy Tale
- Fairy tale
- Fable
- Fairy tale retelling

(False Autobiography)

Fantasy
- Arthurian Fantasy
- Celtic
- Comic
- Court Intrigue
- High/Epic Fantasy
- Historical Fantasy
- Mythic
- Quest
- Science Fantasy
- (Sword and Sorcery)

Folklore

Historical Fiction
- Alternate History
- Historical Adventure Novels
- Historical Thrillers
- Multi-Period Epics
- Romantic Historical Novels
- Sagas
- Time-Slip Novels
- Western Historical Novels

Legends and Myths

Metafiction

Modernism

Mystery/Crime
- Amateur Detective
- Classic Whodunit
- Comic (Bumbling Detective)
- Cozy
- Courtroom Drama
- Espionage
- Heists and Capers
- Financial
- White Collar
- Historical
- Inverted
- Locked Room
- Private Detective

Non-Fiction
- Art – Music/Painting/Architecture/Dance etc
- Autobiography
- Back to Nature
- Biography
- Diaries and Journals
- Ethics
- Ethnic Rights
- History
- Journalistic Reporting
- Letters
- Literature, Writing and Libraries
- Memoir
- Narrative Nonfiction
- Politics
- Science (and Math)
- Sociology
- Speeches
- Travelogue
- Women's Rights

Nonsense/Surrealism

(Paranoid?)

Picaresque

Plays
- Comedy: Greek, Roman
- Tragedy: Greek, Roman, Reinassance, Neo-Classical, Bourgeois, Modern
- Tragecomedy
- Satire / Political/Social Comment
- Absurdist

Poetry
- Elegy
- Haiku
- Light
- Lyric
- Satirical
- Sonnets

Political

Postcolonial

Pulp Fiction

Realism
- Family Saga
- Lab Lit
- Political
- Social Realism

Road Trip

Romance
- Chick-lit
- Contemporary
- Romantic Comedy

Science Fiction
- Comic
- Cyberpunk
- Dystopian
- Hard Science Fiction
- Mundane Sci-Fi
- Mystery Sci-Fi
- Social Sci-Fi
- Soft Sci-Fi
- Space Opera
- Spy-Fi
- Steampunk
- Time Travel

Speculative Fiction (other than Sci-Fi and Fantasy)
- Ecotopian
- Magical Realism
- Superheroes
- Utopian

Short Stories

Saga

Thriller/Suspense
- Comic
- Conspiracy
- Crime
- Eco-Thriller
- Espionage
- Forensic
- Legal
- Military
- Poltical Intrigue
- Psychological
- Technological
- Treasure Hunter

War

Western
- Historical Western
- Non-Fiction Western

YA
- Amateur Sleuth
- Coming of Age
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romantic